Folding carriage.



No. 654,97l.

(No Model.)

Patented-July 3|, I900. L. A. &. B. A. GREYER.

FOLDING CARRIAGE.

(Aizplication filed Jan. 10, 1900..

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'INVENTURE- Patenied m 3|, I900.

L. A. & B. A; GREYER.

FOLDING CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Jan. 10, 1900.]

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LoUI A. e-anrnn AND BERTHA A. GREYER, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

V SPEOIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 654,971, dated July 31, 1900. I Application filed Jahuary 10,1900. Serial No. 1,015. on 111 1.813

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUISA. GREYER and BERTHA A. GREYFIR, citizens of the United States, residing at Boston,,in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Carriages, of which the following i is a specification.

, O or invention relates to babygcarriages'and is intended to provide a practical and'd urable carriage which maybe easily folded and extended laterally and may be wheeled when folded as readily as when extended.

A folding carriage embodying our invention is shown in the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 is a side elevationof thecarriage with a portion of the wheels broken a'w'ayi' Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the carriage as it appears when extended, the handlebar being omitted. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View showing the body portion extended, but with the bottom and ends folded. Fig. dis a plan provide each axlewith a link 6, pivoted at; one end to said axle and at the opposite end.

to the oppositejbar 4-, as shown the pivotal points being so adjusted that all the axles 2,

and therefore all the wheels 3,. will be parallel with each other in both of the extreme positions above referred to. The links pivoted to opposite. axles should be pivoted to the non-adjacento'r outer faces of the crossed bars 4, as best shown in Fig. 4, so that said bars may be folded without being intercepted by said links. These parts should also be offset, as shown'in Fig. 2, sufficiently to provide for the accommodation of the bars between the links as the parts approach the folded position.

The parts above described are provided with means whereby they and with them the remaining parts of the carriage may be locked in their folded and extended positions, said meanspreferably consisting of a bar 7, pivoted at one end to one of the bars 4 and provided at its other end with a knob or handle 8. ..The movements of the bar 7 when the carriage is folded or extended are controlled by alink 9, Divotally connected to said bar and to the adjacent bar 4E, as shown in Fig. 4, these parts and pivots being so located and proportioned that when the carriage is folded a hole 10, formed in the bar 7, will be in po- 'sition to receivea pin 11, projecting upward from one of the axles 2, and when the carriage is extended a similar hole (shown as formed in the bottom of the knob 8) will be in position to receive a pin 12 on the opposite axle 2, thereby locking the carriage in either position. :iently consist of an extension of the pivots by which the respective axles 2 and links 6 are secured togetherfan'd the bar 7 is made sufficiently flexible to permit its free end to be sprung upward. far enough to provide for the engaging and disengaging of said pins with their respective holes.

Upon the runningear above described are supported two side-bars 13, each secured to one of the axles "2 and provided with means whereby a longitudinal movement is permitted between said side-bar and the other axle on the same side during the folding and ex tending of the carriage. Tothis end each sidebar 13 is provided, "preferably, over the corresponding rear axle with two metallic strips 14, securedtheretmeach strip havingits lower edg'e turned inward a short distance below the bottom of said side-bar. A guiding-slot 15 is thereby provided, within which slides a headed stud 16, secured to the axle 2 and preferably consisting of an extension of the pivot connecting said axle with its bar fl, thereby preventing the separation'of the axle and sidebar, but permitting the movement thereof longitudinally with respect to each other. The

side-bars 13 are extended rearwardly and bent upward back of the bodyof the carriage, according to the usual construction, and are connected at their upper ends by a handlebar 17, which is adapted to be folded with the The pins 11 and 12 may convencarriage, as by making it in two parts hinged together at its center, each part being also I hinged to one-of the side-bars 13, as shown at 18 in Fig. 4. A sleeve 19 is arranged to slide on the handle-bar l7 and to cover the central hinge and the adjacent portions of said handle-bar when the carriage is extended,'thereby preventing the folding of the handle-bar in'anf obvious manner.

The body portion of our carriage comprises two sides 20, two ends 21, and a bottom 22,

these parts being secured together and adapted to be'foldedi in any suitable manner, but preferably'by hinging the ends to oneof the sides and the bottom to the other, as shown,

The hinges onwhich the ends 21 are hung consist, respectively, of an eye 23, secured to oneof thehingedparts and arranged to slide vertically on anelongated. staple 24, secured to the otherof said hinged parts, so that said ends may be slightly lifted, thereby disengaging the hooks 25, with which their free edges'are provided, from the eyes 26, with which they normally engage when the carriage is extended, and permitting said parts Lobe-folded by swinging the ends inward against the side 20, to which theyare hinged.

The sides 20 are supported on springs-27, se-

curedat their lower ends to the sidebars 13 and are connected toeach other in such man-.

her as to" permit of their being folded and extendedwith the rest of the carriage, preferably by means of two crossed bars 28, extending diagonally between the sides 20 and pivoted to each'other at their point of intersection 29. E ach bar 28 is also pivoted at one end tooneof the sides 20 and is provided at its other end with a slot 30, through which passes a headed pin 31, secured to the correpen n id bypr v ing a slidin 1 connection between said side and bar and providing for the necessary'relative movements.

of said parts. The bottom 22 normally rests on the bars 28 and is supported thereby.

' In Fig. 2 we have shown a double lockingbrace 32, which may be used to give rigidity to the sides. of the carriage when it is either folded or extended and which need not be further described herein, as it is described and claimed in Letters Patent No, 618,022, for a folding carriage, granted to us January 17,

To fold the carriage, thecushions and seat (not shown) are removed, the bottom 22 is lifted up against the side 20, to which it is hinged, the ends 21 are lifted slightly, thus releasing the hooks 25 from the eyes 26, and

are then swung inward, the sleeve 19 isslid along the handle-bar 17 until the hinge at the center thereof is un'covered,the brace 32-is unhooked, and the bar 7-is disengaged from the. pin12, whereupon the two sides of the carriage may be pressed together and locked by means of the bar '7 and pin 11 and the brace. 32, in which folded position the Wheels of the carriage will still remain parallel with. one another, so that the carriage may be gemwheeledfwhen folded as easily as. when extended. The operation of extending the carriage will be obvious without further description. 1

We claim as our invention 1. In a folding carriage, the combination with a folding bodyportion of two crossed bars pivoted together, an axle pivoted to each end of each of said bars andextending inward therefrom, and means connected with the inner ends of said axles for automatically preserving the parallellism thereof in both the folded and extended positions of the carriage. a I

In a folding carriage, the combination with a folding body portion of two-side-bars each-provided with. a guide 15,, two crossed bars each pivoted at one .end to oneof said side-bars and guided at its opposite end in one of said guides Q15, said bars being also pivot d to e ch ther at their imint of tersection, axles 2 each provided with a wheel and pivoted to. said crossed bars, and means connected with the inner ends ofsaid axles forantomatically keeping the same parallel with one another in both the foldedand extended positions otthe carriage. l

3. In a foldingcarriage, the combination of two crossed bars 4 pivoted together at their point of intersection, axles 2 pivoted respec -tively to the ends of saidbars4 and carrying wheels 3, links 6 each pivoted toan axle 2 and to the opposite bar 4, as described and forv the purpos set forth, and a folding body portionsupported by Said axles.

4:. Ina folding carriage, the combination with av folding body portion of twolcrossed bars pivotedtogether at their point of intersection, axles 2 each provided with a wheel with a folding running-gear. of two side-,bars

supported thereon, springs carried. on said side-bars, and a folding body portion sup? ported by said springs and comprising sides 20, ends 21 and a bottom22, said ends being hinged to one of said sides and the bottom 22 to the other, and two crossed bars28 pivoted together at their. point. of. intersectionand each pivoted at one end to one of the sides 20 and provided at its other end with a slot 30 containing a headed pin 31, substantially as described. r 1

' 6. A folding carriage comprising in combination two crossed bars 4 pivoted together, axles 2, securedthereto and each carrying a Wheel, links 6, each pivoted to an axle 2 and to one of said bars 4, side-bars 13 supported 22 hinged to the other of said sides, and two crossed bars 28 pivoted together and to said sides respectively, a slot 30 in each bar 28,

IO and a headed pin 31 passing through each,

slot 30 and secured to the-corresponding side 20, as described.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto subscribed our names this 4th day of January, 1900.

' LOUIS A. GREYER,

BERTHA A. GREYER.

Witnesses:

MARY G. LUNDREGEN, ROB LEHMAN. 

